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How a New Telescope Lens Could Rewrite the Rules of Astronomy
Here's how an innovative flat lens could solve these problems for satellites and space-based telescopes. Understanding ...
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The Largest Telescope in the World: A Giant Leap for Space Exploration
The world's largest telescope is almost as big as your house—and it’s unlocking the universe’s biggest mysteries.
Less than 1% of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies
The SKA-Low radio telescope in Western Australia is slowly coming online. It will probe the shape of the universe and study ...
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Inflatable Starshades Might Shine New Light on the Habitable Planets in the Universe
An idea that calls for the creation of inflatable starshades for telescopes has been recognized by NASA as part of the ...
Space.com26d
What are Dobsonian Telescopes?
The Dobsonian telescope design was developed by John Dobson in the 1960s, and it quickly took the amateur astronomy world by storm because it made it affordable for people to own a large-aperture ...
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This new telescope lens could be a game-changer for space imagery
Though still only in the prototype stage, this flat lens could one day be used on space telescopes, and perhaps even on amateur telescopes. Engineers and astronomers at the University of Utah have ...
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The future of telescope lenses is flar
“Our demonstration is a stepping stone towards creating very large aperture lightweight flat lenses with the capability of capturing full-color images for use in air-and-space-based telescopes ...
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Future optical technologies for telescopes
1c). In the nineteenth century, the emergence of diffraction theory enabled telescope builders to understand in more detail the benefits of larger-aperture telescopes — mainly higher sensitivity ...
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FAST telescope confirms 'radio-quiet' nature of selected magnetars
A recent study utilizing the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) has confirmed the "radio-quiet" characteristics of four magnetars and one magnetar-like pulsar.
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Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope achieves first light milestone
The Simons Observatory (SO) has completed the installation of its Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) near the summit of Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.The telescope joins the ...
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Engineers create first flat telescope lens that can capture color while detecting light from faraway stars
"Our demonstration is a stepping stone towards creating very large aperture lightweight flat lenses with the capability of capturing full-color images for use in air-and-space-based telescopes ...
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Best telescope for stargazing 2025: Bring the stars closer to home
Gaze into the great beyond from your own backyard with the best telescopes for stargazing, where distant galaxies become backyard companions, and the moon feels like a mere stone's throw away.